Presents a selection of second language acquisition studies at the level of morphosyntax. This work looks at different aspects of morphosyntactic development of bilingual language learners/users such as language transfer, syntactic processing, morphology and the pragmatics of language, among others. more...

This book explores cross-linguistic influences in the context of multilingual language acquisition, discussing syntactic and lexical development of foreign language learners from different L1 backgrounds, such as Russian, Croatian, Greek and Portuguese. more...

Affectivity is at the core of everything we do in life. Thus, its development is also central to learning/acquisition and is important for educational contexts. The studies presented in this volume consider the different contexts of language learning and examine different types of participants in this process. Most of them look at a formal instruction... more...

This book presents a selection of empirical papers dealing with second and multiple language acquisition, in which qualitative research methodology is employed. Each of the studies reported in individual chapters is based on a solid theoretical background and an overview of studies in a given area. Although the main focus is on qualitative methods,... more...

This book introduces readers to the principles of a fairlynew branch of psychology ? positive psychology ? and demonstrates how they canbe applied in the context of second language acquisition in a naturalenvironment and in instructed foreign language (FL) learning. It focuses bothon the well-being and success of the learner and the professional and... more...

This book presents recent investigations in foreign language teaching and learning. It covers a wide range of topics, from theoretical approaches to foreign language instruction to findings in empirical research in language learning and pedagogy. more...